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Flower collector who vanished in Bellanwila canal found dead two days later
Body recovered near Bellanwila lotus field where man disappeared; police investigating crocodile attack.
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Specialist warns El Niño drought could push vulnerable groups into malnutrition
Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa says children, pregnant women and lactating mothers in drought-hit districts need nutritional support before shortages take hold.
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Container truck overturns at Gonapola, the second on the same stretch in six hours
Container truck overturns on Horana-Colombo road near Gonapola, blocking one lane.
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Water Resources Board: Jaffna and Kalpitiya groundwater down 70-80% from seasonal peak
The board says the dry-zone decline is a normal August pattern measured against the seasonal maximum, not evidence that reserves are running out.
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Minneriya falls to 36% as Polonnaruwa's Yala water releases are shut off one by one
The reservoir holds about 40,000 of 110,000 acre-feet. Releases from Parakrama Samudra and Giritale have already stopped, and Minneriya's end within two days.
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Four injured as private bus overturns at Rambukpitiya near Nawalapitiya
The bus was running the Wellawaya to Nawalapitiya route when it veered off the road. All four injured were admitted to Nawalapitiya District General Hospital.
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Nuwara Eliya to gazette 1,500 hectares of forest land around water sources as protected zones
A special District Coordinating Committee agreed to protect upper catchment areas, and told officials to speed up environmental licences for hotels.
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Water Board turns to groundwater with 60 tube wells in Monaragala as reservoirs fall to 34.7%
NWSDB Chairman Chandana Bandara says wells are under construction in Monaragala with Batticaloa to follow, as Ampara storage drops to 21.7 per cent.
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Seven injured as van hits electricity pole on Piliyandala–Kottawa Road
Police suspect the driver fell asleep at the wheel. All seven passengers were taken to Kalubowila Hospital and the crash cut power in the area.
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Showers forecast for the wet zone as the sun passes over the Vanni
The Met Department expects rain in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and winds of 40-50 kmph, with the sun directly overhead Puthukkudiyiruppu at 12:11 pm.
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Sri Lanka loses vaccine concessions after World Bank income upgrade
Authorities to pay full price for immunisation programme after reclassification as upper-middle income.
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204 wild elephants dead by mid-August as jaw-bomb killings climb fastest
The Department of Wildlife Conservation recorded 204 elephant deaths to 14 August. Deaths from 'hakka patas' explosive bait rose by seven in a single month.
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Amber advisory shifts north: strong winds off Kankesanthurai, Mannar and Trincomalee
The Met Department warns of 50-60 kmph gusts and rough seas in northern and south-eastern waters, with 2-3 metre waves from Puttalam to Pottuvil.
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Psychiatrist warns of gaming addiction, cyberbullying and betting exposure among children
Dr. Rumi Ruben says long hours online are exposing Sri Lankan children to gambling advertising, harassment and in-game spending they do not understand.
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Doctors say 160,000 cancer drug vials are stuck over the back of a label
A doctors' association says 160,000 Filgrastim vials sit at MSD stores over a reverse-label defect, and that re-labelling abroad would take three months.
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Ministers order urgent clean-up plan for Gregory Lake, reviving a dormant filter system
A management committee including the Navy will be set up and Nuwara Eliya's 13-pond natural treatment system reactivated after CEA findings on the lake.
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Kandy Esala Perahera ends with water-cutting ceremony at Gatambe
The Diya Kepeema was performed at the Mahaweli River on Friday morning, closing the 2026 Kandy Esala Perahera ahead of the final daytime procession.
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Reservoirs fall to single digits as drought bites, with Kantale at 30%
Ethimale is down to 5% and Morawewa to 9%, the Irrigation Department says, as Monaragala accounts for 42% of the 84,545 people the DMC counts as affected.
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School gardening scheme reaches 400 Nuwara Eliya schools in WFP nutrition push
Farming equipment was handed to beneficiaries in Nuwara Eliya under a WFP-backed programme the minister says now feeds over 300,000 pupils in 2,013 schools.
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Substance use kills 80 to 100 people a day in Sri Lanka, expert tells police campaign
Dr. Manoj Fernando of Rajarata University told a police drug-prevention briefing that smoking, alcohol and illicit drugs together cause 80–100 deaths daily.
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Warm weather advisory adds Hambantota, pushing the heat warning into the south
Saturday's Met Department advisory repeats Friday's warning area and adds Hambantota, the first Southern Province district named in the current run.
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Final Randoli Perahera parades in Kandy behind tusker Wasana
The final Randoli procession of the 2026 Kandy Esala Perahera left the Sri Dalada Maligawa at 6.43 p.m. behind the 55-year-old tusker Wasana.
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Fire breaks out at house near Kinsey Junction in Borella
Two fire engines were deployed to a house fire near Kinsey Junction in Borella on Thursday morning. The cause has not yet been determined.
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Two killed in Galle crash involving motorcycle and three-wheeler
A woman passenger died at the scene and the motorcyclist died in intensive care after a collision on Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Ambalanwatta.